WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH
Madness, thy name is WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH! This Berlin act is one of the most thrilling and unpredictable phenomena to erupt from modern metal and hardcore and continues to fuse mathcore, jazzy bits, death metal and noise courageously. They don`t give a shit about genres anyway, and you can hear that on their mental debut “Transmetropolitan”. That doesn`t mean though that WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH would have slowed down in the least over the course of the past few years: “In Shoals” (2009) and “MMX” (2010) show an equally unchained group that ignores any trends! Nowadays they`re busy with touring and working on new songs. The EXTREMEFEST 2012 just got a tad more chaotic thanks to WFAHM!

IMPERIUM DEKADENZ
If you hail from a German region called the „Black Forest“, you haven`t got much other choice than to play black metal! At least IMPERIUM DEKADENZ are proof of this theory: after two demo releases in 2005, the band released their proper debut “Und die Welt ward kalt und leer” in 2006 that features autumnal, German poetry and black metal full of Norwegian spirit and atmosphere. “Dämmerung der Szenarien” (2007) and “Procella Vadens” (2010) followed. The guys started working on their fourth and yet untitled album in early 2012 which promises to be a cornerstone of German black metal! Don`t miss IMPERIUM DEKADENZ at the EXTREMEFEST 2012!

KETZER
Evil, dirty and mean – KETZER are back! And who could resist their blasphemous combination of wicked thrash metal, death and black? The fivepiece from Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany was founded in 2003 and delivered their full-length “Satan`s Boundaries Unchained” after several demo releases in 2009: it received much praise and was hailed as one of the most important German underground albums. Three years later the follow-up “Endzeit Metropolis” is upon us and boasts more of everything: raging riffs, pure darkness and oldschool spirit! Once more, the European press gave it rave reviews – rightfully so. Experience KETZER yourself at the EXTREMEFEST 2012!

Furthermore these bands have been confirmed as local support acts for EXTREMEFEST Germany:

World Downfall
Mor Dagor
Unbreakable Hatred

Besides these new confirmations we regret to also have to announce two cancellations: Deströyer 666 and Helrunar will not be able to perform on this year´s EXTREMEFEST 2012!

DYSCARNATE
Cited as “one of the best death metal albums to come out of the UK in the last twenty years” by Metal Hammer’s Dom Lawson, DYSCARNATE´s devastating new record ‘And So It Came To Pass’ has been met with an unprecedented reaction from both international press and fans. Like the 300 Spartans, DYSCARNATE show what effect a small, but elite force can have when focused on a common goal; annihilating everything that stands before them. In 2012, the band will do just that, bringing their blitzkrieg of a live show across the face of the earth; leaving smoking craters and shell-shocked audiences where stages once stood. Three men. One purpose. One sound. Always outnumbered, never outgunned.

SUFFELICIOUS
What else can you do in East Germany, than getting wasted? Nothing! That´s why the already depressed SUFFELICIOUS, hailing from Cottbus, decided in 2008 to also get the rest of the nation drunk. As hard has the booze also the music´s gotta be! So this combo GRINDs its way towards DEATH metal until you literally collapse. In addition to the brutal music they add some nasty Gabba-Beat to their sound apocalypse created by wild guitar solos and melodic keyboard sounds. Their debut album „Straight Against Edge“ was released 2011 along a nice bottle of booze and they played with acts such as Napalm Death, Waco Jesus and Putrid Pile. Those who don´t wanna miss their liquid lunch with SUFFELICIOUS at Extremefest Germany: please bring a second liver with you!

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT
Looking at their band name (German for „The Path Of A Freedom“), you might be fooled for a moment and mistake DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT for a street rock act: in reality, the German band is one of the most interesting newcomers the European black metal genre has seen in quite a while! They released their eponymous debut in 2010 and have devoted themselves to a rather progressive black metal style a la NOCTE OBDUCTA, ORLOG or EMPEROR ever since. After the release of their EP “Agonie” in 2011, fans can indulge in DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT`s upcoming second full-length effort “Unstille” starting June 29th! The album will once more underline the uniqueness of the Würzburg-based act – and so will their appearance at EXTREMEFEST 2012!

CEPHALIC IMPURITY
CEPHALIC IMPURITY don`t just bark – they bite viciously! One wouldn`t be surprised to see these Russians stomp on little children`s sand castles, but most of the time they`ll be simply happy to beat the living crap out of their instruments and produce unholy loads of blastbeats, gnawing 90s guitar attacks and mean growls – or pig squeals respectively! These guys have been bathing in blood-red brutal death metal since 2007 and served it raw on albums such as “Unique Brute Revival”. But instead of offering us the usual blunt and dull assault, CEPHALIC IMPURITY actually know how to write songs and how to keep them alive and breathing with mindblowing technicality, breaks and groovy bits! Sheer brutality meets unmatched joy of playing – so brace yourselves for a bunch of Russians that will tear you a new one at EXTREMEFEST!

LAY DOWN ROTTEN
LAY DOWN ROTTEN are a German Death Metal band, founded in 1999. Their sound is very detailed and varied old-school death metal with a modern twist. BOLT THROWER, EDGE OF SANITY, HYPOCRISY, ENTOMBED, AT THE GATES and DISMEMBER come to mind but also American death metal and some thrash influences can be heard in the massive sound monster created by LAY DOWN ROTTEN. Somewhere inbetween brutal-, melodic, Swedish- and US-death metal, they come up with something new and try to evolve their style rather than repeating themselves over and over again. Look forward to a full load of death at EXTREMEFEST Germany!